Bluestar Silicones has signed an agreement with Grasim Industries Ltd. for the distribution of its full range of silicone products. Grasim Industries is a flagship company of Aditya ­Birla Chemicals Group, a leading chemical manufacturer of India.

IMCD N.V. has announced the opening of an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

As of 1 July 2015, the Hamburg-based German Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) has renamed its private-label silicone and fluorosilicone rubber compounds, which are distributed worldwide.

Azelis has been appointed by Evonik Industries as distributor for the Aerosil and Sipernat ranges of silica products to the Food, Personal Care, and Pharma Industries in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland.

As of 1 July 2015, the Hamburg-based German Albis Plastic GmbH is the official marketing parter of Lucite International for Diakon and Elvakon PMMA in Switzerland.

French speciality chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has acquired a majority stake of 75 % in ChemSpec, Ltd., a distributor focused on the rubber and adhesives business, based in Akron, OH, USA.

R. D. Abbott Company, Inc. (RDA) has signed a new distribution agreement with the Tire and Specialty Rubber (TSR) business unit of Lanxess Corporation, expanding their working relationship to the entire USA, effective from 1 July 2015.

Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai), a wholly owned Chinese subsidiary of Versalis (Eni), has signed a SBR sales agreement with Reliance Industries Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, Versalis will sell in China a part of the ESBR produced by Reliance at its new 140,000 t/y plant in Hazira, India.

Vencorex has appointed Ravago Chemicals as new distributor for Central Eastern Europe (excluding Poland) for its Tolonate and Easaqua ranges of aliphatic isocyanates.

Stepan has appointed Dowd and Guild Inc. as its exclusive distributor for liquid polyester polyol products sold into the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) industries for the Western and Southwestern USA.